SLACKER!!!

YUP-that is me what can I say??? We have been adjusting lately to this new routine and once we get fully adjusted all hell is going to break loose that's for sure. I took a class to be a STNA and passed my state test. WOoHoo!! That is the first step in this new goal of mine. Next up is starting a job and then school. I am registered for 2 classes for winter quarter and will comtinue to take 2 classes for the next 7 quarters. Slowly but surely I will get there. I am taking the entrance test for the nursing program next month so I will start studying this week. I plan to do at leat an hour every day. It is rather critical that I pass this test when I take it so I am going to have a crap ton of anxiety until it is over and I get my results. If all goes as "planned" (in my head that is) then I will be completely done and ready to take my boards in Spring of 2013-wow that seems really far away but that is OK. I also have the option of extending 2 or 4 more quarters if I need to but I really would rather that didn't happen. So that is that!

Being at home all the time is having its time with me. I know for sure that this is not something that I would want to do forever. I want more time with the boys but I miss working and being out there being "Amy". I am loving clogging again and have been practicing daily to learn the song we have been learning. I want so much to be able to perform at Emmaus and church so I will continue to practice.

Alex is great-when I am not a raving nut job. I know that if I was ever home all the time we would not have a good marriage. I have been rather difficult lately to say the least. I know that I need to be better with my words and actions. He is still going to school taking 2 classes at a time and is really thinking of pursuing his Masters degree so he can teach online. He is super active with the youth at church and has really taken the lead in our High School Sunday School class. He does such an amazing job-he is awesome at it thats for sure! He is at the game today with John and is SUPER excited because his BFF Dave is coming for a visit in December.

The boys are wonderful. Adrian is growing so much. He is 26 inches and 17.5 pounds. He look so much like Aaron but I also see so much of Alex in him. Aaron is obsessed with him and it doesn't seem to be even starting to wear off. I will go as far to say that I think 3 years is not the right number of years apart (for me). I think 2 would be good or maybe 5. Yikes! I am pretty sure that there will be just one more addition to our family of A's at this point. I always dreamed of having 6 so this will get us just one shy. However, with school I am not sure what the plan is and you know that I always have a plan. Aaron is doing gresat in pre-school. His teachers only have good things to say about him and he is a favorite among the kids too. We started Adrian on cereal this week and he is LOVING it. I pray that he is a good eater like Aaron and by good I mean he eats pretthy much anything (with teh exception of mashed potatoes). He will definitely tear up a chicken nugget or hot dog but I am glad to say that they are not staples in our house. Being a Mom is an extremely precious gift that I treasure every day-even though I am pulling my hair from time to time...just being honest.

Krissy moved back to Nashville. She has had a lot of change lately in her life and it is all for the better. She is in a happier place but it was a logn and hard road getting here. I am SO proud of her for setting her mind to her dream and going after it. She is home this weekend and we have seen a lot of her. She will be back for Thanksgiving and then she should be done with her classes in May and be back home again. I love her for sure and really wish that I didn't worry so much about her!!

Well-that is it for now. I wish I could be better at the frequency I have at updating this...Her is hoping!